URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - It is a disturbing trend happening in some teaching hospitals across the country... medical residents performing non-consensual pelvic exams on women under anesthesia for ...

Before patients undergo intimate physical exams, including ones performed under anesthesia, hospitals must obtain written informed consent — or risk federal funding. That’s according to new guidance ...

Close-up of examination table with stirrups in gynecologist's office On April 1, the Department of Health and Human Services released a letter to the nation’s teaching hospitals and medical schools to ...

In a letter to teaching hospitals, the federal health agency said that institutions could lose Medicare funding if they didn’t comply. By Emma Goldberg The Department of Health and Human Services said ...

When I was a medical student in the 1980s, the school hired “pelvic instructors” who taught us how to do exams in a painless and respectful way. They even allowed us to perform practice examinations ...

If a patient chooses that option, Silver said, the surgery wouldn't be possible. The Association of American Medical Colleges has denounced pelvic exams without specific consent as "unethical and ...

UPDATE: Gov. Josh Shapiro says he plans to sign the bill into law. A ban on pelvic, prostate and similar exams on unconscious patients who haven’t given permission needs only the signature of Gov.

Michigan currently has no state law preventing medical students from performing pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent. Surveys indicate that nonconsensual exams are common for ...